article thumbnail

WUSTL team develops high-power direct borohydride fuel cells; double the voltage of conventional H2 fuel cells

Green Car Congress

Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed high-power direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFC) that operate at double the voltage of conventional PEM hydrogen fuel cells. Wittcoff Distinguished University Professor and corresponding author. and Raymond H.

Fuel 397
article thumbnail

WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make n -butanol. To the best of our knowledge, this study represents the first attempt for biofuel production using a solar panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis platform, where carbon dioxide is directly converted to liquid fuel.

Solar 319
article thumbnail

Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

Green Car Congress

—lead author Veronica Southerland, George Washington University. —Dr Susan Anenberg, George Washington University, co-first author on the NO 2 study and corresponding author of both studies. It was conducted by researchers from George Washington University, the University of British Columbia, Washington University in St.

Pollution 468
article thumbnail

DARPA awards WUSTL researcher $860,000 to engineer E. coli to produce gasoline-range molecules

Green Car Congress

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense has awarded Dr. Fuzhong Zhang, assistant professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering at Washington University in St. Zhang is the first faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis biologist Himadri B.

St. Louis 186
article thumbnail

Study links PM2.5 pollution to increased risk of diabetes; even low levels pose risk

Green Car Congress

A study by a team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System links PM 2.5 —Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, the study’s senior author and an assistant professor of medicine at Washington University. Previous studies have found that PM 2.5

Pollution 252
article thumbnail

DOE awarding $13M to advance fuel cell performance and durability and H2 storage technologies

Green Car Congress

These projects, selected through collaborative research consortia, will leverage industry, university and laboratory expertise to accelerate advanced hydrogen storage technologies and fuel cell performance and durability. University of Missouri, St. Earlier post.).

St. Louis 264
article thumbnail

WUSTL study finds use of air conditioning reduces in-car pollution

Green Car Congress

For example, a team at the University of Surrey found that particulate pollution levels inside cars are up to 40% higher when the vehicle is stuck in a traffic jam or stopped at a red traffic light compared to free-flowing traffic conditions. Earlier post.). That gave them rare, real-world look at pollutant exposure. —Anna Leavey.

Pollution 186